Things to do at 3 AM !!

Its 3 AM...

And i wonder what i could do...
I decide to make a note of my thought process...

1. Try to sleep
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*After a hopeless attempt*

2.Clean my room
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*Naaaaah! Its SUNDAY!! :) *

3.Try on my new jeans
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*15 mins later, with a contented smile*

4.Try to sleep, Again
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*I am an insomniac*

5.Read Barrons
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*Who you kiddin' ?*

6.Wash Clothes
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*The clothesline is full.. No place to dry them.. So why bother*

7.Listen to music
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*The earplug keeps falling off... Damn i need to buy headphones!!*

8.Log on to yahoo messenger, orkut, gmail..
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*I wish i knew people in different time zones...*

9.Write a blog
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*And now i m happy*

10.Last call for sleep to come
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*z z z z z z z z z z z z

No time to stand and stare..

Life's moving fast... too fast i must say...
The mother of all problems - No time!!

It reminds me of a poem by W.H.Davies...
And i wonder... how could he have possibly penned those lines..
So apt and relevant today...
He wrote it much before its times..

I think we should all read this sonnet every once in a while..

I m putting it up... for all of you'll who visit this blog..

"

Leisure

- W.H.Davies

WHAT is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?—

No time to stand beneath the boughs,
And stare as long as sheep and cows:

No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass:

No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night:

No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance:

No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began?

A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

"

A very poor life indeed !!

Back to the Future

Its Saturday 6:00 pm...

I came back from college ... Completely Drenched...
Its still raining..
God.. will it ever stop...

Shopping trip had been planned...
Dad isn't too keen to meet up at Camp..
Friend A has to study..
Friend B is already out shopping..

I search my cellphone for a prospective Friend C...
Finding none... i throw myself on the bed... Infuriated..

I look at my watch... 6:30 .. on a Saturday Eve.. not to forget..
I look outside the window..
Damn It .. its STILL pouring...

Should I go alone...?
I used to, and still do, most times..
Nah... Tom's Friendship Day.. IT seems..
The thought of not having company... feels really appalling...

I miss MOM...

Mebbe i should coax Friend A...
Chuck it.. Learn to be on your own Missy..

The rain has stopped...
7:00 pm Saturday..

I think of the last time I went out on a Saturday ...
About 4 months ago... I dont remem... I try not to...

I think of Katy...
And the discs we'd promised to go to.. The next time we meet...

I think of the times when i was always happy...
I wonder if I should go ALONE after all...
Its too late...

I miss HOME...

I wonder what could get me going... Mebbe doing something i like ...
I think of all the things I love doing...
Which i did .. For many many years...
Maybe its time to start all over again...
Go back to those things.. Which got lost in transition.. (from the person i was then to the one i am now... )

Here goes...

1.Jigsaw Puzzles

2.Origami

3.Embroidery
4.Knitting

5.Scrabble

6.Roller Skating
7.Swimming
8.Basketball

9.Bharat Natyam

10.Cartoon Network
11.Laurel & Hardy

12.Carmen Santiago

13.Christmas Carols
14.Singing in the Choir

15.Glass Painting
16.Ceramic Pottery

17.Cycling

18.Elocution

19.Poetry Reciting
20.Acting

There's a lot to catch up on...
Mebbe it'll take many Saturdays

8:00 pm
I have lots to do...
Its already one Saturday gone...
So much i can do... ALONE ...

HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY , AKSHAYA..!!!

Adios amigo...

A few days ago, I went to meet a friend of mine, who was leaving for the US. We hadn’t met in a long time.. Actually we never met much anyway.. Probably only those few months in college when we together in college , after which he graduated…

After the good byes, I left with a lump in my throat… the kind you have… when you bid farewell to your next-door neighbors of 15years, who are moving to a new city.. never to come back.. or maybe your FAREWELL party in school, your second home for 12 years…

I thought of the first time I saw him, when he came to our Graphics lab to announce about the college magazine committee , which he was a part of..

He was one of the first seniors I became friends with… That too towards the end of my first year… He was so particular about involving each person of the committee.. And when we had the picture taken, he ensured that every single of us... who had done even a small part in the committee was present for the picture… Something that really stood out…

An acquaintance that grew into a friendship, which has helped me, every time it mattered…

From EXTERNAL PRACS to PAPERS to GRE to MS to PROJECTS to PLACEMENTS..

there’s one person, I always knew, I could (and still can) count on …

I wonder how he does so many things at a time (a full time job and a full time MBA which he tops)… And I can say the most deserving candidate to receive an admit to CMU… A perfect icing on the cake..

Truly my friend – philosopher (at times) – guide throughout my engineering…

And my lucky charm (engg is all abt luck!!).. He never forgets to wish good luck before the exams.. Exactly at the time of late even.. when the tension begins to make you queasy…

I stifle a sob, smile and think.. Well he’s just going to be an email away!!

Jus want to wish you well, the best of health-wealth & spirit… And praying that all your “Dream”s come true…

To Abdur…